Shelob's Ambush

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth • #559 • common

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Shelob's Ambush

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth • #559 • common

Current Valuation

$0.35

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Rarity

common

Set Origin

LTR

Daily Shift

-5.41%

EDHREC Rank

#9,193

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Instant

Color Identity Black

🖋️ Curator's Notes

Target creature gets +1/+2 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

"As Frodo ran forward, eager, rejoicing to be free, Shelob with hideous speed came behind and stung him in the neck."

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Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

2024-11-08

Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

2024-11-08

You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.

2024-11-08

Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

2024-11-08

Some spells and abilities that create Food tokens may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Food tokens.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2023-11-03

Set Name: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Artist Reference: Simon Dominic

Border Profile: black

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil

Promo Status silverfoil • scroll • universesbeyond • boosterfun

Edition Status Reprint